Violence or entertainment?

  Violent content is normally seen on TV, the Internet, Comics, and Video Games.Young people and children are the ones normally attracted by this violent content since they are more likely to spend most of their time watching movies, reading comics or playing video games. People normally think violent media is not good for kids since they are not mature enough to understand how important it is to differentiate between real life and entertainment. So when a kid sees something on TV, they sometimes copy what they see. Therefore, these kinds of images in their brains could make a big impact on them and that might eventually change their behavior.

   It is important to understand that violent media can be an influence on young people and their behavior. According to J Adolesc Health, Since the early 1960's research evidence showed that the exposure to violent content can change your behavior and it increases the risk of violent behavior on the viewer’s part just as growing up in an environment filled with real violence increases the risk of them behaving violently. They also said, "In the current review this research evidence is critically assessed, and the psychological theory that explains why exposure to violence has detrimental effects for both the short run and long run is elaborated. Finally, the size of the “media violence effect” is compared with some other well known threats to society to estimate how important a threat it should be considered."

    Many people think that violent content on TV shows or the internet can be just entertainment for the people watching it but this kind of information can get stuck on a kid's head and that can really affect him at certain point where that kid could be confused of what he is learning through this images. If some parents think about violent media as an option for their kids, they should also take a sit with them and check what they are learning from the TV shows or games they are interested on, so in that way they would make sure their kids are having the right idea of reality and entertainment.

  I consider important to be selective with the kind of things we watch on TV since not everything we watch on TV is good. In my case I try to make sure that my brother does not get that much violence content because later on he could think it is normal to kill people or hurt them just for "fun". As parents, brothers, or sisters we should make an effort and check what is going on around us because we have been witness of how crazy this world is getting with too much violence. We should start with kids and young people since they are easier to persuade.

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